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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takashi Sugaya, Amagasaki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus configured to execute a plurality of transmission tools is provided. The apparatus includes an option storing portion configured to store a plurality of options in each of which a destination to which image data is to be sent is associated with a tool identifier for identifying one of the transmission tools to be used to send the image data associated; a receiving portion configured to, when a user selects two or more options from among the options, receive a combination of the destination corresponding to each of the options selected and the transmission tool for the tool identifier corresponding to each of the options selected; and a transmission control portion configured to perform, for each of the combinations, a process for sending the image data to the destination corresponding to each of the combinations by using the transmission tool corresponding to each of the combinations.